Rahul Mahajan gets married to model Natalya Ilina from Kazakhstan

RAHUL Mahajan, son of former union cabinet minister Pramod Mahajan and brother of current parliamentarian Poonam Mahajan, got married rather privately on Tuesday. The 43-year-old reality show regular got hitched to Natalya Ilina, a 25-year-old model who hails from Kazakhstan, in a temple ceremony at Malabar Hill with just 25 people in attendance. “I’ve had big weddings before, but those relationships didn’t last,” Rahul tells us. He was previously married to a pilot, Shweta Singh, while his marriage to reality-show participant Dimpy Ganguly was telecast on TV. “I’ve known Natalya for a year and a half, even though we got close recently. She wants to start her own business, but I’ll go with whatever she has decided to do. Family life and peace of mind is important,” he adds. Rahul adds that despite the age difference, Natalya and he look good together. “I am 6’2” and she is 5’10”,” he avers.

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-based Samant Chauhan’s collection at last month’s fashion week in the capital was dedicated to Mumbai. And next week, the designer will open his first store in Mumbai, in the charming heritage area near the Gateway of India. Mumbai has long been his muse, the designer says. He first visited the city in 2006, and the city has captured his imagination. “I am a chronicler of everyday objects and people from a range of focal point, and I find the city endlessly inspiring,” he says.

OUR friend Wendell Rodricks, the designer and environmentalist who has been putting together a museum on Goa’s costume history for the past two years, says he is ecstatic to hear from Reita Faria. Faria, the first Miss World from Asia, has promised Rodricks the swimsuit and the shoes she wore during the competition in 1966, along with her Miss Bombay and Miss India sashes. Faria, who now lives in Dublin, is also the first Miss World to qualify as a doctor. Incidentally, she won the best swimsuit round at the competition as well as the best eveningwear for showing up in a sari.

AS if you don’t see him often enough on TV, you may now end up running into Gary Mehigan at your neighbourhood deli. The celebrity Australian chef, who is one of three judges on an uber popular food show, has been spending a lot of time in India this year. Sure, he is promoting the show and conducting masterclasses with whoever’s interested (from five-star hotels to leading restaurants to even privately curated dinners), but he’s also doing a little self-care along the way. Mehigan has partnered with an Indian homeware label and brought out a collection of cookware that fuses Indian and Australian designs. Mehigan’s travels in India have also allowed him to develop a taste for Indian spices, especially in south Indian food. The chef is said to adore masala dosa and a Kerala fish curry.

THIS Juhu hotel was supposed to be an uber luxe space, but right at this moment it is anything but. In fact, it is a dark hole of irate tenants. Every restaurant here is supposed to be a bleeding bucket, including an international Asian chain. Even though the restaurants are losing money at an alarming rate, they can’t shut down since they are trapped in a lease lock-in. Some big local and international names—like an Indian deli major and a UK-based spa—were to open here but they have wisely put off the launches for the time being. The hotel, which has just been renovated from ground up, has turned out to be a damp squib.

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